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SEP Wins TechPoint’s 2025 Exceptional Employer Mira Award

SEP Recognized as Indiana’s Top Tech Employer, Winning TechPoint’s Prestigious Mira Award Westfield, Indiana – SEP has been named Exceptional Employer by TechPoint at the 26th annual Mira Awards. This award recognizes companies that are developing talent through skills-based hiring…
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What I learned about prevention in software development

‘Prevent problems before they occur’ is the mantra I try to live by, both in my personal life and at work. I have not been entirely successful, but I am learning to get better at it. I exercise every day, eat healthy, and brush my teeth regularly. I have learned that similar actions done regularly […]
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Client Tenure – Dealing with clients for the long haul

I’m in a fairly unique position here at SEP. For the last seven years (out of the ten I’ve been here), I’ve worked almost exclusively on a series of related projects for the same client. When I say client, in reality I’m talking about the company since the individuals that I’ve dealt with have changed […]
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Do You Own Your Tools?

I saw this tweet from @unclebobmartin the other day. Why do we feel like our company ought to buy our tools for us? This is an interesting concept to me, because, as of late, I’ve been considering pimping my work area to be mine… just as any other craftsman might. My dad is a skilled […]
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Is Developing Software Really EXPENSIVE?

There have been many papers, studies, books, etc. on the high cost of developing software. What does this even mean? When we say software we typically mean a software product to sell to a market or a system to increase productivity. In both cases doesn’t the customer have some idea of the cost and potential […]
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SEP Supports Wolf Technical Services With US Navy Contract

Press Release – September 21, 2009 Indianapolis, IN. – Wolf Technical Services, Inc. announced that it has won a U.S. Navy contract for a new military project. The contract is valued at more than $12 million including all options. The contract, issued by Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, MD., is for Wolf to […]
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SEP Signs Lease in Carmel City Center

Carmel, IN – A news conference was held today to announce that a nationally recognized local company, Software Engineering Professionals (SEP), has decided to locate its offices in Carmel City Center. SEP will move its offices to Office Building I in City Center. SEP chose City Center as its future location because it fit well […]
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SEP Voted Indianapolis Star 2009 Top Workplace

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE INDIANAPOLIS—Software Engineering Professionals (SEP), has been named a top place to work in Central Indiana according to The Indianapolis Star. In association with Workplace Dynamics, The Indianapolis Star evaluated over 125 employers allowing more than 17,000 employees to respond to a confidentialemployee survey. Twenty-two researched questions were asked of SEP staff. The […]
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Three Indiana Companies Take Lead at Annual Conference

Indiana Emerges as Front-Runner in Lean and Kanban Software Development Adoption FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Indianapolis, IN | June 11, 2009 Key Highlights Three Indiana companies—Bosch, Inkubook.com, and SEP—recognized as industry leaders at the Annual Lean & Kanban Conference Indiana establishes itself as a U.S. front-runner in Lean Thinking and kanban systems for software development SEP’s […]
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SEP Loses a Part of the Family

Tim Shoemaker, former Vice President of SEP passed away on April 29, 2009. Tim was an integral part of SEP from its earliest years. He led SEP in many areas serving in many positions of leadership from director to manager and Vice President. If we could ask Tim what he was most proud of he […]
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